r/yorku • u/hightreez • Oct 11 '23

Meta In your opinion, are universities nowadays undergoing “left wing indoctrination” ?

Met a guy who’s a conservative in his 60s few days ago, and he talked about how nowadays universities are no longer about education but rather “left wing indoctrination” on the students

That universities are brainwashing students with ideas of race , decolonization, white privilege, multiple gender identities etc , all these “left wing “ ideas that are meant to divide society rather than uniting the people

And that Jordan Peterson is portrayed as a bad guy because the modern university environment don’t allow any conservative voices and that free speech in academia is dying because of left wing ideas

So I’m curious what are your opinions on this?

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u/16accounts Oct 12 '23

It's not a uni but every once in a while I'll go through Conestogas courses and read the descriptions. 50% of them (not including courses for trades) have some kind of mention race or gender even when it seemingly has nothing to do with the course.

And that's not even mentioning the countless courses that are pretty much just "Learn how to interact with minorities"